The modern day management gurus do it. Mystics use it. Motivational consultants use it. Religious leaders try to impart their pseudo-religious knowledge across the landscape sometimes infuse inappropriate jokes to garner more following. And politicians overdo it by trying to act like a clown when their work is only showmanship! To spice up your speech, you are all asked to infuse a little element of humour in your speeches. The message that is put forward is grasped better and the message gets crystal clear.
Really?
The headmaster decided to infuse a little toilet humour into his morning assembly speech about fasting and dining in the lavatory and boy, he created a national crisis. Perhaps, he should have just read out his boring instructions to equally bored unresponsive student. Sanity would have prevailed and mass hysteria would have been averted!
Another incident occurred at an obstetrician clinic. An expectant mother came running for an appointment to have a sonogram of her unborn child.
As the doctor approached her, she blurted, "I heard your machine is very advanced!"
"Why do you say so?" the doctor enquired with glee.
"My friend had her baby scanned. You managed to see her baby's face and you had told her that the baby looks like the father!" she explained with enthusiasm.
Then it all dawned upon him. He had performed an ultrasound on a lady recently. He remembered her baby to be appearing quite chubby, a little too big for comfort. Without meaning to raise alarm or to demotivate her, the doctor had hinted that the baby looks like the father, who was beside them, breathing heavily in his oversized frame with oversized torso to match. Perhaps, instead of talking in riddles, the good doctor should have called a spade a spade. Anyway, he was there to spread the news, good or bad, not for popularity contest!
Really?
The headmaster decided to infuse a little toilet humour into his morning assembly speech about fasting and dining in the lavatory and boy, he created a national crisis. Perhaps, he should have just read out his boring instructions to equally bored unresponsive student. Sanity would have prevailed and mass hysteria would have been averted!
Another incident occurred at an obstetrician clinic. An expectant mother came running for an appointment to have a sonogram of her unborn child.
As the doctor approached her, she blurted, "I heard your machine is very advanced!"
"Why do you say so?" the doctor enquired with glee.
"My friend had her baby scanned. You managed to see her baby's face and you had told her that the baby looks like the father!" she explained with enthusiasm.
Then it all dawned upon him. He had performed an ultrasound on a lady recently. He remembered her baby to be appearing quite chubby, a little too big for comfort. Without meaning to raise alarm or to demotivate her, the doctor had hinted that the baby looks like the father, who was beside them, breathing heavily in his oversized frame with oversized torso to match. Perhaps, instead of talking in riddles, the good doctor should have called a spade a spade. Anyway, he was there to spread the news, good or bad, not for popularity contest!
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